In belarus, imprisoned and held in isolation. We have a special report. And, great britains Kieran Reilly wins Bmx Freestyle gold, at the World Championhips, in glasgow. On bbc london. On newsnight at 10 30pm as the first Asylum Seekers board the governments barge in dorset, we look at the Asylum System as a whole. Is it fit for purpose . Well speak to representatives from the conservatives and labour. Hello. Its a controversial policy, thats attracted attention around the world. Its been attacked by human Rights Groups and is subject to legal challenge. But today, the first of possibly hundreds of migrants and Asylum Seekers, moved onto a giant barge docked in dorset, to be housed while they await the outcome of Asylum Applications. The government says the vessel, which can accomodate up to 500 men, will be better value than hotels costing £6 million a day. But concerns have been raised about the possible impact on local services, and campaigners have called it a shameful way to trea
A foreign power is preparing to attack. It comes after the expiry of a sunday deadline from west African Regional bloc ecowas, which demanded the coup be reversed. The group now plans to hold an Emergency Summit on thursday. Meanwhile, the United States is suspending more than 100 million in aid to niger. But officials insist theres still time to solve the crisis. The window of opportunity is definitely still open. We believe that they should step aside and allow president Mohamed Bazoum to resume his duties, today, tomorrow, anytime in the nearfuture. They dont want to put a time when that window be close, would you say that using diplomacy to achieve this objective is our top priority with respect to niger. Our correspondent chris ewokor following the story from neighbouring nigeria. It is one day after the expiration of the ultimatum given to niger coup leaders by ecowas to reinstate president Mohamed Bazoum. The leaders are due to meet on thursday this week to deliberate on the pro
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If we don t speak out, who will? in belarus, everyone is silent because it s impossible to say a thing there. so every week in warsaw, belarusians gather. some are former prisoners themselves. others have relatives behind bars. they all had to flee here for safety. of course, in terms of scale, this is nothing like the kind of protests that we saw three years ago inside belarus itself. it is really hard to keep that protest spirit alive once you re in exile. but that is what these people are trying to do, and to send the message that the repression inside belarus hasn t stopped. that s why inga now lives in a shelter in poland with her son. the police came for her two years after the mass protests, when they found a photo of her on a friend s phone with an opposition flag. in custody she says they were treated like animals. but that s not what upsets her most.
Belarusians gather. some are former prisoners themselves. others have relatives behind bars. they all had to flee here for safety. of course, in terms of scale, this is nothing like the kind of protests that we saw three years ago inside belarus itself. it is really hard to keep that protest spirit alive once you re in exile. but that is what these people are trying to do, and to send the message that the repression inside belarus hasn t stopped. that s why inga now lives in a shelter in poland with her son. the police came for her two years after the mass protests, when they found a photo of her on a friend s phone with an opposition flag. in custody she says they were treated like animals. but that s not what upsets her most. translation: all these amazing, educated people are all in prison. | that s so hard. just for our words.